Guard-rail fastener.



7110. 814,868. PATBNTBD MAR. 13, 1906.

` H- C NUNN- GUARD RAIL FASTENER.

APPLIOATLION 21111311 D110. 5, 1905.

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- ing is a specification. .f

This invention relates to guard-rail fasten` UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

No. 814,868.V

1'0 all lwhom). t may' concern,.- I

Be it known that I, HENRY'C. N UNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canterbury, in the county of Min o and State of West Virginia, have invente anew and useful Guard-Rail Fastener, of which the followers.

The object of the invention is in apositive,

' mannerl to.

simple, and thoroughly effective prevent the guard-rail from s readin relatively to the main-line rail or t e'whee, s of a locomotive from climbing the j frog oint, thereby to prevent accidents,.frequent y attended by loss of life, which result therefrom.`

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as' the nature ofthe invention is better understood, thesame consists in the novel 4construction and combination of parts of a guard-rail'fastener, as will be hereinafter fully described and4 claimed." f D In the accompanynigdrawings, formin ja part of this specicatlon, and in which l1 e characters of reference-indicate correspond# mg parts, Figure 1 1s a vlew 1n transverse sec tion through a guard-rail fastener constructed 'in accordance with the' present invention.

Fig. 2 is aerspective detail view'fof one of the cheek-p ates ofthe fastener'. Fig.I 3 isa perspective detail view of-the base-plate of the fastener.` view of a key used for-'loc ing against accidental turning the nuts carried bythe bolts that hold the members of assembled. Referring to the drawings, L designates a mainelinerail, G a guard-rail, and B a spacing-block for holding vthe two rails appropriately distanced apart, and as these parts may be of the usual or an preferred .construction further description tliereof is deemed unnecessa The present invention resides in a nove form of guard-rail fastener designed in a positivemanner to preclude the possibility of any spreading of. t e guard-rail relatively to the main-linefrail or any loosening of the holding means bywhich'the parts are assembled. The fastener embodies a base-plate (designated generall (designated general y 2 and 3.) The baseplate is made, preferably, of cast metal and is rmed with two terminal abutments or shoulders 4 and 5, two intermediate shoulders 6 and 7, and a lu or boss 8, that is arranged intermediate o the shoulders 6 and 7.

- specification of Letters Patent. Appunti@ @15a Beamter 5, 1905. santi` No. 290,455.

Fig. 4 is av Eerspeetivedetail the rail-fastener l 1,)andtwocheek-p1ates,

Patented March 13, 1906.

shoulders 6 and 7 is preferably iiat and of the sides ,of the cheek-plate supports 10 and 11 The .body portionv'9. of the plate between the v between the shoulders 4 and 6 andv 5 yand 7 are oppositelyinclinedto conform to the under sides ofthe cheek-plates, which latter in order to conform toA the upper surfaceof the bases of the guardand line rails mustbe inclined relatively to those portions of the f cheek-plates that engage withthe webs of the rails. Each cheek-plate support adjacent to theshoulders 4 and 5'is providedwith a spikeopening 12, and each shoulder 6 and 7 is provided with two spike-o enings 13, while the body of the plate at eac terminalof the boss is provided with two spike-openings 14. As wi l be readily understood, the base-plate is designed initially to be, securedfto the tie by spikes driven through the spike-,openings 14, but the `spikes that engage the remaining openings .and that serve positively to hold' thecheek-plates in position also serve further to assemble the base-plate with the tie.

Each cheek-plate 1s a counterpart of the other, with vone slight exception, so that-a description of one will serve for both. The

. cheek-plate comprises afoot'15 and a lshoulder 16, 'that face of the shoulder which engages either -with the web or the under side of the tread of the rail with which it coacts being appropriately shaped to `contact 'closelyv therewith. The foot is provided in its outer edge with a s ike-slot 17, adapted to register with the spi eopening 12 and with twos ike-openings 18, designed to reg1ster with t e spike-openings 13 of the baselate, the s ikeopenings 18being disposed elow the p ane of the upper surface of the foot in order -to prevent any interference with the heads ory nuts of the bolts that serve tov hold the different shou der the former is provided with a longitudinal seat; 19, which is adapted to receive a locking-key 20, (shown in detail in Fig. 4,) that operates positively to prevent any turning of the nuts of the assembling-bolts, and this seat is the only feature that is not common to both of the cheek-plates.

parts of the fastener assembled. At the point of juncture ofthe lfoot and the ICC In assembling the'main-line rail and uard-` rail with the fastener the base-plate 1 1s iirst secured to the `tie by spikes 21, that pass through the openings 14. The rails are then positioned, the'outer edges of the bases there-v of being in engagement with the shoulders 6 IIO and 7 L and their inner edges in engagement with the boss 8. The spacing-block B is then positioned between the two rails, and the cheek-plates are then adjusted relatively to the two rails and are rmly securedv to the base-plate and' the tie by spikes 22, that are driven through the openings 17 and 18 in the cheeklates and o enings 12 and 13 in the baseate. It will) b'e observed that when the cheek-plates are in position the outer edges oftheir feet bear directly against the shoulders 4 and 5, so that any lateral shiftin of the cheek-plates relatively to the base-p ate will be posltively precluded, While b reason of the coaction etween the bases ci7 the rails with the shoulders 6 and 7 and boss 8 any lateral movement or shifting of the two rails will be ositively preclu ed After the parts have een thus assembled assembling-bolts 23 are passed through openings 24 in thecheek-plate and through appropriate openin sin the webs of the rails and in the spacing-b ock, and nuts 25 are then seated upon the projecting terminals of the bolt and When roperl tightened are held against 'loosening y the ockngkey 20, as shown 1n s a j clude an possibi ity of the locking-key 20 working oose it is provided in one end With an orifice 26 to receive a cotter-pin.

It Will be seen from the foregoing description that although the improvements herein defined are sim le in character they will be found thoroughiy eflicient for the purpose designed and may be adapted to railway-frogs already positioned Without requiring any changew atever in their structural arrangement.

I claim- 1. A guard-rail fastener comprising a baseplate provided with terminal and intermedimatter of recaution in order to pre-v ate abutments, and with a boss disposed inf termediate of its ends, cheek-plates adapted to engage theterminal abutments, the intermediate abutments and boss being desi ned to be engaged by the sides of the bases o the guard and main-line rails.

2. A guard-rail fastener comprising a baseplate provided with terminal and intermediate abutments and with spike-openings ad'acent to the abutments, and cheek-plates esigned to engage the terminal abutments and having spike-openings to register with those of the base-plate.

3. A rail-guard fastener comprising a baseplate provided with terminal and intermediate abutments, and With spike-openings adjacent to the abutments, cheek-plates designed to engage the terminals of the abutments and havin `spike-openings to-re ister with those ofthe ase-plate, one of the c eeklates being provided wih a seat, and a nutocking key adapted to engage the seat.

4. The combination with a main rail, and a guard-rail, of a base-plate provided with terminal and intermediate abutments, and a boss vintermediate of the ends of the late, the intermediate abutments and boss eing engaged by the edges ofthe bases of the rails, cheek-plates to engage the terminal abutments, a spacing member disposed between the two rails, assembling bolts passing through the cheek-plates, rails and spacin member, and means combined With one di the cheek-plates for locking the nuts of the assembling-bolts against rotation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence-of two witnesses.

HENRY C. NUNN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW D. RoBINsoN, S. G. BRYANT. 

